Russia
Washington Capitals looking to play regular-season game in Russia
The National Hockey League's Washington Capitals are looking to leverage the pulling power of superstar Alex Ovechkin by staging a regular-season game in Russia
Russia set for major events hosting ban under Wada sanctions
Russia is poised to avoid a blanket ban from the Olympic Games and other major sporting events, but the World Anti-Doping Agency (Wada) has recommended that the country be prevented from hosting competitions…
Wada non-compliance recommendation leaves Russia on the brink
Russia’s chances of competing under its own flag at the 2020 summer Olympic Games have suffered a potentially critical blow after the World Anti-Doping Agency (Wada) announced that a recommendation of n…
Athletics Integrity Unit hits Russian federation with multiple charges
Russia is facing renewed questions over its status in world sport after the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) charged the Russian Athletics Federation (RusAF), senior officials and high-jumper Danil Lysenko…
Konami adds Zenit to list of PES-sponsored clubs
Russian football club Zenit St. Petersburg has been added to Konami’s sponsorship portfolio for its football video game, Pro Evolution Soccer 2020.
Russia eyes Uefa Super Cup hosting rights
Russia has submitted a bid for Kazan to host the 2022 or 2023 edition of the Uefa Super Cup, the country’s national football association has announced.
Team goes to market with Uefa club competition TV rights in Russia
An invitation to submit offers has been launched in Russia for broadcast rights to the Uefa Champions League, the Europa League and the new third-tier Europa Conference League covering the 2021-22 to 2023-24…
Wada assessing Russian responses, Microsoft details Strontium cyberattacks
The World Anti-Doping Agency (Wada) has said it has received further responses from Russian authorities to its queries relating to “inconsistencies” found in data retrieved from a Moscow laboratory, whi…
Match TV sublicenses RPL, Uefa digital rights in Russia
Russian sports broadcaster Match TV, owned by Gazprom Media, has sublicensed digital rights to the Russian Premier League and Uefa’s club competitions to OTT streaming service ivi.
Archery World Cup continues upward curve in broadcaster output
The number of broadcast hours committed by rights-holding broadcasters to the Hyundai Archery World Cup has again shown a year-on-year increase
Spring Media adds Paunovic and ITF’s O’Hara to commercial team
Spring Media, the Stockholm-based agency, has strengthened its commercial team with the appointments of Slaven Paunovic, formerly of the MP & Silva and The Sportsman Media Group agencies, and Carly O’Hara, c…
Premier League the focus of Rambler, Setanta anti-piracy effort
Russian media and entertainment company Rambler Group has agreed a partnership with international sports broadcaster Setanta Sports designed to combat online piracy in Russia, Ukraine and the CIS countries,…
Russia’s 2Sport2 consortium ties up 2022 World Cup broadcast rights
The 2022 Fifa World Cup will receive widespread free-to-air and pay-TV coverage in Russia after the 2Sport2 consortium picked up the rights
Match Hospitality lands Euro 2020 contract in seven countries
Match Hospitality has been named as the exclusive sales agent in a number of territories for official hospitality during next year’s Uefa European Championships.
Russian sport ‘flying into the abyss’, claims Rusada chief
Russian Anti-Doping Agency (Rusada) director general, Yuri Ganus, has called for the removal of any state officials found to be complicit in the country’s ongoing doping scandal, adding that Russian s…
Russia banned again from World Athletics Championships
The International Association of Athletics Federations has banned Russia from competing in this year's World Athletics Championships, in a decision linked to ongoing investigations into doping by Russian…
Wada calls for answers over Rusada data ‘inconsistencies’
The World Anti-Doping Agency (Wada) has today (Monday) given the Russian Anti-Doping Agency (Rusada) and the Russian Ministry of Sport three weeks to address “inconsistencies” in historical data supplied by …
Three bids submitted for Women’s EHF Euro 2024
The European Handball Federation (EHF) has confirmed that it has received three bids spanning seven countries for the 2024 edition of the Women’s EHF Euro national team tournament.